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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
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Move the tool over the Live Paint group until the face or edge you want to select is highlighted. (When the Live
Paint Selection tool is over an edge, the tool changes to
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Do any of the following:
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Click to select the highlighted face or edge.
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Drag across multiple faces or edges to select more than one edge/fill at a time.
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Double-click a face or edge to select all connected faces/edges of the same color (flood select).
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Triple-click a face or edge to select all faces/edges of the same color (select same).
If you have difficulty selecting a small face or edge, magnify the view or set the Live Paint Selection tool options to
Select Fills or Select Strokes only.
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To add or remove faces and edges from the selection, hold down Shift and click the faces/edges you want to add
or remove.
To switch to the Eyedropper tool and sample fills and strokes, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the fill
and stroke you want.
See also
“About Live Paint” on page 228
“To customize the Live Paint Selection tool” on page 268
“Keys for working with Live Paint groups” on page 530
To customize the Live Paint Selection tool
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Double-click the Live Paint Selection tool
in the toolbox.
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Set any of the following options, and click OK:
Select Fills
Selects the faces of Live Paint groups (that is, the area within edges).
Select Strokes
Selects the edges of Live Paint groups.
Highlight
Outlines the face or edge the cursor is currently over.
Color
Sets the color for the highlight. You can choose a color from the menu or click the paint swatch to specify a
custom color.
Width
Specifies how thick to make the selection highlight.
See also
“About Live Paint” on page 228
“To select faces and edges with the Live Paint Selection tool” on page 267
To repeat or invert a selection
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To repeat the last selection command used, choose Select > Reselect.
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To select all unselected objects, and deselect all selected objects, choose Select > Inverse.